A/N: Okay guys, this chapter is going to have some major OOC-ness. Just so I can have some fun with the plot. Yup. Things should get interesting now.

Chapter 10:

"R-Rabbit?" Near stuttered weakly as he tried to pry off the arms from around his neck. Rabbit tightened her grip. She wasn't going to let this moment slip from her fingers so easily.

"Just give me a moment Near." She whispered as she nuzzled her head into his neck. Her hand brushed trough the back of his hair and she smiled as she felt Near become rigid.

"Please let me go."

"Why?"

"Because you are making me feel uncomfortable." Near actually reddened as Rabbit's face lifted to his and gazed into his dark eyes. Rabbit could feel his hot breath on her cheek and she felt her eyes tear up again.

"I've been looking for you for so long. You left me and I followed. I'm like a dog following its master aren't I?" Near's head cocked to the side curiously. She was the only person who could cause him to break. It drove him mad how she was the one who could make a little thing into something a lot larger.

"Why did you want to find me so badly?" The boy's voice slowly began to steady itself as he tried to erase all emotion from it. He just didn't want Rabbit to realise how much control she could have over him if she really dedicated herself to it.

Rabbit's eyes went blank. Over the time she had studied him as the mediation program had been in action, she knew that he needed to keep himself calm and collected.

Always had to calm and collected. Cold and insensitive.

"Why do you always have to do this to people?"

"It is in order to protect myself. You of all people should know this."

"That doesn't mean that you should block me off from you!" Rabbit yelled and pulled herself off his lap. Her mind was conflicted as she stood back up and moved away from him. She didn't want to budge.

She was already used to his body heat.

The grey eyes narrowed at the girl. "I need to block you. You know too much about me."

"And that is exactly why you should keep me close! I could let your entire secret leak into the world!"

"You wouldn't do that." Rabbit ground her teeth together and stood on her sunglasses that still lay on the floor.

"Why wouldn't I Near? Because I'm a loyal dog who would be content with living at your feet all of my life?" Her hands clenched in anger.

Near sighed. There was pretty much no way to calm Rabbit when she was mad. His hand subconsciously touched his ribs, the exact same place Rabbit had booted him when he had told her that he was leaving Wammy's house. "You wouldn't tell anybody because you are my friend." Near said softly, his usual monotonous tone seeping back into his voice. Rabbit's eye twitched.

"Because your my friend you say? How about it's because I don't want you to be killed?" Her tone of voice was silken as she leant back down and placed her hands on his legs. Near stiffened as her mouth lent close to his lips, Rabbit's warm breath teasing him.

"It's because I care for you to much. I don't want you to die!"

"Isn't that the same as being my friend?"

Rabbit's grip on his legs tightened painfully, her nails digging into the soft flesh through his trousers. Near winced. Rabbit nuzzled her nose into the crook of Near's neck, relishing in the heat that radiated from him. Grudgingly Rabbit began to cry again, her tears sliding down the boy's shirt.

"Rabbit?" The albino asked warily. These situations were completely new to him. He had always been unsure of what to do. It took all of his strength not pat her on the back and say something cliché like 'There there' or something along those lines.

Instead he took a leap of faith.

He rose his arms above his head and wrapped them around Rabbit's neck, a soft gasp escaping the younger girls mouth. She quickly returned the embrace and was almost sitting in his lap again.

"Thank you Near. I'm sorry for yelling at you." Rabbit whispered.

"No you're not."

"Yeah. I am."

"Sure you are." Near was glad to speak to someone who would retaliate amusingly. His employees were ridiculously obedient. Not that that was too much of a problem, they were his employees after all. But it was nice to have Rabbit with him. She always had such a calming aura around her. Even if she did enjoy breaking into government buildings and kicking the occasional person in the ribs.

"..." There was an awkward silence between the two who still held each other tightly. It took a few moments for Near to realise that he did indeed still have his arms around Rabbit's neck.

It was internal battle for the boy. Should he let her go and watch her walk away, or should he hold her closer and never watch her disappear from his life again?

Damn you Rabbit. Why do always have to make things so difficult?

After a few seconds of deliberating, he chose the latter. Rabbit sighed deeply when she felt Near bring her in closer. Then she decided to take a risk herself.

She pulled away, Near's eyes widening in surprise as she pressed her lips against his tenderly. Rabbit moaned into his mouth as it opened unwilling. She had caught him by surprise after all. Near may have had no experience whatsoever, but instinct always has a strange way of kicking in. He followed Rabbit's lead and kissed back shyly. Each to their own, Rabbit tilted her head and Near followed. As the white haired boy tried to shift himself into a more comfortable position without breaking the kiss, the weight of Rabbit on top of him brought him crashing into the floor, Rabbit falling with him.

Rabbit had never felt her face redden so much in her life then it did on that exact moment.

Near was under her, his arms still wrapped around her neck. Neither moved. Neither knew what to do next.

'Oh god. Should I keep kissing him-' Rabbit anxiously thought.

Until Near pulled her lips to his again.

...

All thoughts slipped from Rabbit's mind the moment Near's mouth met hers again. She hadn't expected Near to take the matter into his own hands. She originally expected him to push her away after the first one.

He really was growing up. And there was no way that anybody could take this precious moment away from her. She had dreamed of kissing him since she was thirteen. But oh well. Seventeen was good enough for her. It wasn't like she hadn't kissed anyone else before.

"Near..." She whispered feebly as the kiss intensified even further. Near mumble softly in reply, his eyes slowly beginning to close.

'He had his eyes open the whole time...silly boy.'

It was one of those ideal moments. The ones that people scoff at when watching a movie, the strange ones that girls dream of having one day.

Just two people who seemed to know each other just enough to enjoy it, without the burden of each other's secrets.

Rabbit's hand pressed softly into Near's chest, scrunching his shirt between her fist.

And then the vibrations buzzed down the twos legs making them both jump.

"You look me in the eyes and you tell me that you wanna play, she took me by surprise when she said, I could be a pornstar, you could leave the lights on you can feel my heartbeat and box up!"

It was Rabbit's phone. Near smiled and pulled it from her pocket. He passed it to her and shrugged.

Caller I.D: Matt.

Of course.

"Hello?"

"About time! Did you manage to get to Near?"

Rabbit didn't answer. She wouldn't let Matt have the satisfaction of knowing what he had just interrupted. Near looked at her quizzically.

"..."

"Rabbit? Still there?"

"Yeah I'm still here..."

"So did you get to Near or what?" Rabbit almost sniggered as she pushed herself away from Near and sat up crossing her legs on the cold floor.

"Yeah I got to...talk...to Near."

"That's good to know. I have to pass the phone over or else I might have a shoe shoved up my as-" Matt's voice was suddenly cut off to be replaced with a happy female voice. "Rabbit!"

"Brae?"

"Yeah! So you got to talk to him?"

"Yeah I did. Is that all you wanted to talk about okay bye Brae-"

"Whoa hold on! Did we interrupt something?" Rabbit could tell that Brae was smiling, probably even mouthing things to Matt.

"No! What would you have interrupted anyway!" Even Near had to smile at that. She was so desperately trying to hide what had just happened. Rabbit brushed her hair behind her ear as a loud gasp erupted over the phone line.

"Were-were you two kissing!"

"..."

"You were!"

"..."

"Oh my god you-" The phone call ended when Near took the phone and closed it. Rabbit grinned thankfully and kissed him again.

'-I could be a pornstar! You could leave the-'

Near then performed one of the most beautiful things that Rabbit had ever seen at that moment. He pushed Rabbit off his legs, stood up and stepped on the phone, effectively stopping the music.

Things were finally staring to fall into place.

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